# India: Increase in import duties may affect Europe - Mundus Agri

> Indian government plans to raise import duty on wheat in April to curb imports from Australia, France and Ukraine. India has already imported 2.4 million tonnes with 1.2 million more to follow. Spices prices such as cumin and coriander rose on China demand and cold-weather concerns.

- Date: 2017-01-27 · published 2017-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72967-india-increase-in-import-duties-may-affect-europe-mundus-agri
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A higher Indian wheat import duty would reduce demand for Black Sea, Australian and French wheat, pressuring export prices, while spice price moves affect feed-adjacent trade only marginally.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- KWHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-15 | [The Government reduces export duties on some agro-industrial products to zero](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14068-the-government-reduces-export-duties-on-some-agro-industrial-products-to-zero.md) | +4.2% | +7.4% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-08 | [India imposing 50 percent duty on peas and 20 percent duty on wheat - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67959-india-imposing-50-percent-duty-on-peas-and-20-percent-duty-on-wheat.md) | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-22 | [Govt considering imposing import duty on wheat: Agri Secy \| Govt considering imposing import duty on wheat: Agri Secy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71968-govt-considering-imposing-import-duty-on-wheat-agri-secy-govt-considering.md) | +2.2% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2021-02-11 | [Argentina decides not to increase grain export taxes \| 2021-02-11  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48460-argentina-decides-not-to-increase-grain-export-taxes-2021-02-11-world-grain.md) | +9.3% | +9.6% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-08 | [India doubles wheat import tax, imposes 50 per cent tax on peas - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67953-india-doubles-wheat-import-tax-imposes-50-per-cent-tax-on-peas-grainews.md) | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-02-13 | [India Relaxes Wheat Export Curbs to Appease Protesting Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20582-india-relaxes-wheat-export-curbs-to-appease-protesting-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +3.3% | +11.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-07-10 | [Russia orders measures to boost agriculture exports after wheat sales fall in July](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14189-russia-orders-measures-to-boost-agriculture-exports-after-wheat-sales-fall-in.md) | +3.4% | +1.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-02-13 | [After 4 years, India allows wheat export \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20587-after-4-years-india-allows-wheat-export-india-news-the-indian-express.md) | +3.3% | +11.7% |

## Sources

- mundus-agri.eu: https://www.mundus-agri.eu/news/india-increase-import-duties-affect-europe.n669.html

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